WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Attorney
General Ramsey Clark urged NATO's abolition
and an end to what he called American
warmongering as several thousand protesters
demonstrated Saturday against the war in
Yugoslavia.

''We've got to stop the fanning of flames of
war by the U.S.,'' said Clark, a longtime peace
activist. ''We've got to abolish NATO.''

The U.S.-European alliance fosters war and is
''a threat to life on Earth,'' Clark said in an
address to about 3,000 protesters outside the
Pentagon. The sign on the dais below him
read: ''Stop U.S./NATO Bombing. Hands Off
Yugoslavia.''

Protesters who marched from the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial to the Pentagon carried
signs branding President Clinton a war
criminal.

Many marchers wore T-shirts or signs printed
with a bulls-eye - the same symbol Serbs in
Belgrade have sported in black humor during
more than 10 weeks of NATO bombing.

Protesters said they felt bound to turn out for
Saturday's march even though peace may be at
hand. The American role in the bombing is still
wrong, no matter the war's outcome, several
speakers said.

NATO forces are an ''army of occupation,'' in
Yugoslavia, said Sara Flounders, a coordinator
of the event.

Susana Sotillo of Bloomfield, N.J., carried a
sign saying, ''Clinton, send your Chelsea to
fight your dirty war.''

Groups including the International Action
Center, a New York-based organization, and
Peace Action, based in Washington, led the
protest rally.